Grain Origination
Richardson USA owns three Richardson Ag Inc. elevators in North Dakota for grain origination
Specialized in handling all the grains planted and harvested in the area, we provide a complete spectrum of services to our customers, including agronomy and fertilizer services. Locally staffed, our teams are familiar with the area and the needs of our customers. And because Richardson USA (formerly Italgrani USA) also owns our own durum wheat mill and grain merchandising operation, we have a direct line to the markets that rely on our customers’ grains and crops. Our elevator operations work in tandem with our grain merchandising arm, Richardson Ag Inc., which handles the actual selling of the grain to multiple mills and for export.
Market Snapshot
Our Elevators
Richardson USA owns three grain elevators in North Dakota for grain origination. These full-service elevators specialize in handling all grains planted and harvested in the area, including durum wheat, spring wheat, flax, sunflowers, and peas, among other crops. The staff at each location are local people, familiar with the area and the needs of our customers. Our elevators also help with the sourcing of durum wheat for our St. Louis mill and other mills, or for export. The elevator operations work in tandem with Richardson USA’s grain merchandising arm, Richardson Ag Inc., which handles the actual selling of grains.
For detailed services, hours, and grains by location, select an elevator below:
Richardson Ag Inc.
(Tolley, North Dakota)
Richardson Ag Inc.
(Benedict, North Dakota)
Richardson Ag Inc.
(Powers Lake, North Dakota)
Environmental Respect Award
In 2010, the Richardson USA elevators won an Environmental Respect Award for North Dakota, the agricultural industry’s highest recognition for environmental stewardship among U.S. agricultural retailers. The awards recognize achievement in environmental stewardship, professional excellence, and community involvement based on evidence of excellence in site design, in-plant storage and handling procedures, emergency preparedness and response, proper application, and leadership in safety and stewardship among customers and employees.
Our Services
Our elevators are full-service operations. For detailed services by location, select an elevator below:
Richardson Ag Inc.
(Tolley, North Dakota)
Richardson Ag Inc.
(Benedict, North Dakota)
Richardson Ag Inc.
(Powers Lake, North Dakota)
Services offered by our North Dakota elevators:
- Buying and selling of grains
- On-site grain storage
- Agronomy
- Seed cleaning
- Fertilizer blending
- Fertilizer spreading
- Soil testing and fertilizer recommendations
- State-of-the-art fertilizer plant, sell directly to farmers
- Crop disease control products and disease control consultation
- Bulk seed sales
- Bulk seed treating
Our People
Carl Zeltinger (Director, Operations) has been working in the grain business since 1985, when he started working at a grain elevator as a 15-year-old high school student. Having lived his entire life in Tolley, North Dakota, he literally knows everybody in town. Carl started in 1985 for Tolley Grain Growers Association, and when Italgrani (now Richardson USA) bought the Renville Elevators (now Richardson Ag Inc.) in 1990, Carl became the assistant manager, until 1994, when he was promoted to general manager.
Carl is assisted at the Tolley elevator by Shawn Roering (grain trading manager), Cory Egeberg (station manager), and Scott Balvitsch (agronomy manager).
Lonnie Brown is station manager at the Benedict location. He is assisted by Jon Sortino (driveway and office support).
Doug Eckert is the station manager at the Powers Lake location. Doug has worked at Powers Lake since 2000. He is assisted at Powers Lake by Jessie Lawrence (driveway and office support).
Contact
For additional information about grain origination and elevator services, contact a member of our team.
Careers
We value our team members and the communities surrounding our St. Louis mill and North Dakota grain elevators, and we’re always looking for talented individuals to be a part of our team. To view job postings for our St. Louis, Missouri, mill and North Dakota grain elevators, visit our careers page.